# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220090550033` · 02/04/2009 · Asbury Advanced Materials
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** NOSE/NASAL PASSAGES/SINUS/SMELL
- **Days lost:** 2
- **Mine experience:** 2.46 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Asbury Carbons Inc
- **Operator:** Asbury Advanced Materials
- **Mine:** [3607028](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3607028)
## Narrative

Employee was changing the grate at the end of the Rotary Dryer. He had removed all of the bolts. The grate normally stays in place when the bolts are removed. This time it came loose and fell striking him in the nose and upper lip.

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